A microwave oven doesnât heat up your kitchen as much as a conventional oven, reducing the load on your air conditioner. Of course, this factor only matters during the summer. If you can fit the food you are cooking into a countertop toaster oven, cooking it there will use less energy than a conventional electric oven.
Sonoran Pronghorn. Multimedia Gallery. A geographically and genetically distinct sub-species of pronghorn, the Sonoran pronghorn is smaller and lighter in color and is adapted for survival in desert conditions. The males weigh up to 130 lbs. and females up to 110 lbs.
Ironwood (Olneya tesota). Ironwood is one of the largest and longest-lived Sonoran Desert plants, reaching 45 feet in height and persisting as long as 1,500 years. It is a single or multi-trunked evergreen tree, and displays lavender to pink flowers in May.By early summer, the pods mature.ronwood (Olneya tesota). Ironwood is one of the largest and longest-lived Sonoran Desert plants, reaching 45 feet in height and persisting as long as 1,500 years. It is a single or multi-trunked evergreen tree, and displays lavender to pink flowers in May. By early summer, the pods mature.